MTAS was asked which among certain personnel in the city occupy at will positions of employment subject to summary termination by the mayor.
| Personnel--Dismissal Mayor |
MTAS was asked to assist the governing body in preparing a budget.
| Budgets--Municipal--Tennessee Budgets--Municipal |
Bean Station, wanting to retain and motivate the best employees and provide incentives for them to stay with the city, passed a resolution granting a benefit to those who stay at least 20 years.
| Personnel--Retirement--Finance Personnel--Retirement |
MTAS was asked whether an alderman nominated to the position of vice-mayor can vote for himself and whether the board of mayor and aldermen can appoint its members to act as department heads.
| City council--Procedure Mayor--Aldermanic government Jasper (Tenn) |
The TAMCAR Board requested that MTAS facilitate a goal setting session to better understand the existing and future needs of the organization. The document includes a SWOT analysis and goals set for the next few years.
| Planning--Tennessee Planning--Reports Personnel--Municipal |
In this FY2011 annual report, there are a total of seven services measured and analyzed: police, fire, refuse collection and disposal, employment benefits, human resources, financial services, and code enforcement/building inspection/planning and zoning.
| Performance measurement Municipal government--Administration Municipal government--Services Athens (Tenn) Bartlett (Tenn) Brentwood (Tenn) Chattanooga (Tenn) Cleveland (Tenn) Collierville (Tenn) Franklin (Tenn) Germantown (Tenn) Kingsport (Tenn) Morristown (Tenn) |
MTAS was asked whether a municipal court could enforce, as a blanket provision, misdemeanors against state law as violations of the municipal code.
| Courts Courts--Municipal Laws and regulations--State |
MTAS was asked to provide sample temporary beer permits for a city festival in the downtown area.
| Beer--Licenses and permits |
MTAS was asked several questions about achieving a quorum at the meeting at which the resignations of aldermen are accepted.
| City council--Procedure Meetings--Planning and management |
MTAS was asked to evaluate the County Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization Guidelines.
| Businesses--Laws and regulations Civil rights Contracts Contracts--Laws and regulations Minorities Personnel--Equal opportunity Purchasing Purchasing--Bids proposals and specifications Purchasing--Laws and regulations Racism |
